Ridging or hilling machine



Ap 14, 1931- E. M. COLE RIDGING 0R BILLING MACHINE File'd Dec. 1, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 g wvento'b 2 e L HT 201.. 4 C r 4 0 3 o 3 u E 7 l 2 2 0 m, w a 4 (.fl. b 4 8 m 5\\ a 4 l 04 3 m QM a J 2 3 2 2H. 3 d 5 o April 14, 1931.

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l 78 2 4 gnvenfoz s2 33 Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED sTA'rns raTsNT oFFIcs EUGENE M. COLE, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTI-fGAROLINA RIDGING on Hint-me MACHINE Application filed December 1, war. Serial no. 237,042.

My invention relates to a ridging machine, Figure is a plan View of the means for in whichlhave provided means for mounting holding the disks in adjusted position; adjustable ridging devices on the rear end of Figure 6 is a side View of one of the braces a. ridging machine in such a manner that the for the plowsas shown in Figures 3 and 4.

5 contour of the ridge made by the ridging de- Referring more particularly to the draw- 55 vices may be regulated. ings the numerals 10 and 11 indlcate the An object of my invention is to provide a main frame portions of my milling machine, ridging machine having adjustable ridging which have a clevis member 12 secured bedevices secured on the frame of the ridging tweenthe front ends thereof, and these mem- 10 machine together with means for adjusting bers have secured thereto downwardly pro- 50 the position and angularity of the ridging dejecting members 13, only one of the same bevices. ing sho'wn in the drawings and between these Another object of my invention is to promembers 13' a ground wheel 14 is secured, vide a. frame with adjustably mounted ridgwhich ground wheel drives a rod 15 which ing means together with means for setting actuates to oscillate bottom (not shown) of 65 the angle of the ridging means, and means the guano distributor. The members 10 and for holding the ridging means in adjusted 11 project rearwardly and have secured there position. between a guano hopper 16 and to the rear Another object of my invention is to pro end of the members 10 and His secured a vide a frame with ridging means adjustably cross piece 17 the members 10 and 11 being mounted on the frame, said ridging means secured intermediate the ends of member 17 being capable of being adjusted away from and secured to the ends of the members 17 and towards each other, together with means and running forwardly are brace members for regulating the angularity of the ridging 18 and 19, which members are secured to the means,the adjusting means for the angularity members 10 and 11 at a point immediately of the ridging means being adapted to coin front in the hopper by means of bolts 20. operate with the means for adj ustingthe ridg- The members 21 and22 are secured on either ing devices away from and towards each side of the frame to the members 18 and 11, other, so that regardless of the adjusted po and 19 and 10 respectively. These members sitions of the ridging means along the frame, 21 and 22 have a hole 90 through their centhe angle adjusting means will operate to tral portion which is adapted to receive the impart the same angular adjustment to the end 23 of member 24, the end23 having a id in means i ll f th i adju t d t hole therethrough in which a cotter P111151 ti l th f adapted to be rece ved to hold the member Some of the objects of my invention hav- 2 P h 1116311961124 13 d f ing been stated, other objects will appear 1n Flgures and d 1t W111 be descmbed as the description proceeds, when taken in more fully m decnbmg t issconnection with the accompanying drawings, Handle membets 25 .and26 am 5 ed to j j in the fOlWttICLPOI'tlOIl of the memberslO and 410 Fi ure 1 is a side elevation in ers ective and" uprlght membei's 27 and 28 are 86' of ridoiim mrlchine e mi g 65 CL cured to the rear port1on of the members y F b q M a 10 and 11 and nro ect upwardly where they ustable disks;

are secured to thehandle members. F1gure 2 IS a rear elevatlon 1n perspectlve The members 7 has a plurality f holes 45 of the structure set forth in Figure 1; 30 h i i hi h h l th idgi m Figure? 3 a Side elevation in perspective bers are adapted to be adjustably secured. In of my ridglng machine, showing the same Fi u yl nd 2 I hav hown my ridging equipped with inthrow plows; machine-equipped with adjustable disk mem- Figure 4 is a rear elevation in perspective here. These disk members are secured to the #5 of the structure set forth. inFigtll'e 3; member 17 by having bearing members 31 7 end of these shafts are secured in a conventional manner'disks 36 and 37 and'to the upper ends of the shafts 34 and 35 are securedmembers 38 and 39, which members project rearwardly and have holes 40, 41

and 42 therein in which hooked rod-members 43 and 44 are adapted to be adjustably secured. Secured to the middle portion of a member 17 is the member 45, which member is secured to the member 17 by means of a bolt 46 piercing a slot 47 in the member 45. This member projects forwardly over the member 17 and has rotatably secured therein a shaft 47a which has a member 48 secured thereon, this member 48 having crankarms 49 and 50, and the ends of thesecrank arms 49 and 50 have holes therein for the reception of the rods 44 and 43 respectively. Secured between the handle members is a spanning member 52 which is secured to the handle members by the same bolts ,53 which secure theuprights 27 and 28 to the handle members and secured to the central portion of this member 52 is a semi-circular member 54, whichis secured to the member 52 by means of bolts 55 and 56. This member 54 has a slot 56 therein in which a forked member 57 is adapted tobe adjustably secured by means of a bolt 58. To the upper end of the rod 57 is pivotally secured, as at 58, a handle member 59, which handle member is adapted tobe secured in the forked member 57 to hold the disks 36 and 37 in adjusted position, and when the'handle 59 is swung around to the opposite side of that shown in Figure 2 it will be passed over a projection 60, which will hold the-disks in parallel relation with each other when it is desired to transport my combined guano distributor and ridging machine from place to place. The members 38 and 39 have secured thereto by means of bolts 61'and62 scraper members 63 and 64.

When itis desired to use plows instead of chairs on my ridging machine, the bolts 33 are removed and the disks 37 and 38, shafts 34 andr35, housings 31 and 32, members 38 and 39 and the rods 43 and 44 are removed and this angle adjusting structure maybe left on r the frame or removed and it is shown as being removed in Figures 3 and 4. In place of thed1sk.members Lv-shaped members and 71 which have slots 72 and 7 3 therein are secured to themember17 by means of bolts 74 and 75, and these L-shaped members havecorrugated legs 7 6 and 77 011 the outer sides of-which are adapted to be secured plow foot members 7 8 and 7 9 by means of bolts SOjand 81 and to the lower end of the foot members the plows 82 and 83 are adapted tobe secured and intermediate 1 the The member 45 is located midway between the ends of the member17, and eachend portion of the member-17 has the sets of holes 30rtherein, some of the holes 30 being obscured by the housings in the drawings. Two bolts 33 are adaptedto be secured in two of these holes 30 to secure the housings in place. 7 These holes 30 are so arranged in sets that when the housings are placed in any set of holes that the'angling means when set at a predetermined pointon the member 54, will impart the same angularity to the disks, re- 3 gardless of which sets of holes 30 the housings are placed'in'. This is done of course in cooperation with the holes 40, 41 and 42in the crankmembers 38 and 39, as when the housings are adjusted in the middle set of holes, as shown in Figuresl and 2, the rods 43 and 44 are secured in the holes 41, and when the housings are secured in the outer set of holes onthe member 17, the rods 43 and 44 are placed in the holes 40, and for the inner l adjustment, the rods are placed in the holes 42. Inthis way the angularity of the disks will be the same at the same adj ustment'p'oint on the member 54, regardless of their position on the member 17. i V

In the drawingsandspecification I have set forth a preferred embodiment of my invention, and although specific terms'are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposesof limitation, the scope of the invention bein set forth in the appended claims. v I claim 1 1. In a ridging machine, a framework, housings mounted on the 'rearend of the framework, said housings: being adapted to be adjustably secured in any desired position laterally on the framework, vertically disposed rotatable shafts mounted' in the housings, disks mounted on the lower ends of the shafts, crank arms mounted ontheupper ends of the rotatable shafts,,an adjusting shaft vertically mounted. inthe framework, two integral crank arms fixedly secured on the adjusting shaft, rods extending from the crank arms on the rotatable shafts to housings mounted on the cross member, vertically disposed rotatable shafts mounted in the housings, inthrow disks mounted on the lower ends of the said rotatable shafts, crankarms having a plurality of holes therein secured to the upper ends of the rotatable shafts, a vertically disposed shaft secured in the frame work and having two crankarms fixedly secured thereon, rods adjustably and removably secured in the crankarms on the vertically disposed disk bearing shafts, and means associated with the frame work for adjusting the angularly of the disks simultaneously and for holding the disks in adjusted position.

3. In a ridging machine, two forwardly converging frame members, a cross piece s-e cured to the rear end of the frame members, said cross piece projecting beyond the junction point of the converging frame members and the cross member, the forward end of the frame member having a clevis secured there between, a ground wheel secured between the converging frame members additional frame members secured to the ends of the cross member and converging inwardly to the point intermediate the ends of the f 'ame members where they are secured there to, a plurality of holes in the cross member, a plurality of ridging devices adapted to bc adjustably secured along the cross member, and means for simultaneously adjusting the ridging devices 4. In a milling machine, a framework, a laterally disposed member on the rear end of the framework, formed with laterally spaced sets of holes, ridging members adapted to be secured in any one of the sets-of holes, said ridging means comprising rotatable disks mounted on rotatable shafts, crank arms secured to the upper ends of the disk bearing shafts, a plurality of holes in the crank arms, an adjusting device mounted on the framework and having rods extending therefrom to be loosely connected in any one of the sets of holes in the crank arms on the disk-bearing shafts, the holes in the laterally disposed member being so placed that when the disk bearing shafts are moved to a new set of holes and the adjusting device set at a predetermined point and the rods between the adjusting device and the crank arms set in a selected set of holes in the crank arms that the angle of the disks will remain the same regardless of which set of holes the disk bearing shafts are mounted in on the laterally disposed member.

5. An agricultural implement having a framework, a supporting wheel mounted at the forward end of the framework, a transversely disposed bar associated with the rear end of the framework, a plurality of holes in said bar, two housings being adapted to be adjustably mounted in said holes, vertically disposed disc bearing shafts rotatably mount ed in said housings, discs rotatably mounted on the lower ends of said disc bearing shafts, crank arms fixedly mounted on the upper ends of said disc bearing shafts, a vertically disposed rod having two crank arms thereon, connecting rods running between the crank arms on the vertically disposed shaft and the crank arms on the disc bearing shafts, means for twisting the vertically disposed shaft to regulate the adjustment of the said discs, said discs being adapted to be adjusted into a positionparallel with the front wheel to act as rotatable supports for the framework.

6. In a billing and ridging machine, a framework, a laterally disposed member formed with laterally spaced sets of holes and being secured 011 the rear end of the framework, a pair of rotatable disks adapted to be secured in corresponding sets of holes in the laterally disposed member, unitary means for simultaneously adjusting the angularity of the disks, the adjusting means being adapted to cooperate with the disks when secured in corresponding sets of holes along the laterally disposed member to angle the disks to the same degree regardless of the position of the disks along the laterally disposed member.

In testimony whereof I aifix UGENE si nature. 

